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A fundamental physical theory concerned with nothing but statistical correlations between value-indicating events presupposes the occurrence of such events. Since it presupposes them, it is trivially consistent with their occurrence. One pseudo-problem that quite a few interpreters of the quantum formalism worry about is how the formalism can be made consistent with the fact that measurements have outcomes. Go figure. But how can such a theory be complete? How can it at the same time encompass the value-indicating events?
 Mixed Chamber by Eric J. Heller.
The solution to this problem calls for a judicious choice on our part: which substructure of the theoretical structure of quantum mechanics corresponds to What Exists? It cannot be a multitude of ultimate constituents, for the number of ultimate constituents equals 1. It cannot be an intrinsically divided spacetime manifold, for the spatiotemporal differentiation of reality fails to go all the way down. It cannot be a wave function or a quantum state, for these things are simply mathematical tools that we use to calculate the probabilities of possible measurement outcomes (given actual outcomes). So what remains? |
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